VSE (VSEC) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.01
- Estimate
- $1.74
- Surprise
- +15.3%
- Score today
- 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
VSE (VSEC) beat the $1.74 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.01 — a large 15.3% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- VSE Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results — fiscal.ai, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates VSEC Sell at 6.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +15.3% surprise compares with a +41.0% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.8 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $163.96
- Price target
- $217.89
- Stop
- $152.48
- Upside to target
- +32.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.2:1
The stock trades at 52.4× trailing but 19.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
VSEC at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $4.60B
- P/E (fwd)
- 19.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 52.4
- 52-week range
- $138.85–$247.85
- Off 52-week high
- 33.8%
- RSI (14)
- 52
- Volume vs avg
- 1.36×
- Score today
- 6.1/10